Foot valve



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' WILLIAM 15. BRANDT, or FORT e oF rom: WAYNE, INDIANA,

WAYNE, I

1,681,169 OFFICE.

NDIANA, ASSIGNOR. TO WAYNE COMPANY,

,A CORPORATION. OF INDIANA.

FOOT VALVE.

' iApplication sied Maren 24, 1924: serial No. 701,615.

My invention relates to poppet valves, particularly those adapted for use as foot valves for pumps. Such valves are especial .ly useful on gasoline measuring and dispensing apparatus.

The object of my invention is to provide a strong, eiiicient poppet valve of few parts and simple construction that .will make a leak-tight fit with its valve seat.

My improved valve is particularly adapted for use in gasoline or kerosene storage tanks where liquid is Yintermittently with- V drawn from the tank and it is necessary that the pipe line from the storage tank to' the pump be always full of liquid so as to ensure full measure at each pumping operation.

It is well known to those handling gasoline that it is diliicult to construct a foot valve that will close the leaking back of When ,the pump is considerable period between times of use in dispensing gasoline, this leaking back causes a short measure, frequently rresulting in dissatisfaction with the pumping mechanism, .when the fault is entirelyrlrwith the foot valve. .The importance of a leak-tight foot' valve is therefore apparent.

a portion of the liquid.

To obtain these advantages the pipe line l0 is extended into and towardsJ the bottom of the storage tank in the usual manner and is f there fitted to my improved foot valve, which being leak-tight prevents the return of 1iquid into the storage tank after it has 5 once passed the valve.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 1s a vertical axial sectionthrough a valve casing, seat and poppet constructed i according to my invention. A second poppet is shown lower down in perspective; and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section on line -12 of Fig. l asvt-hough shown there in l Referring nowY to the drawings, particularly Fig. 1, which shows a valve casing made up of three sections B, C and D; sec tion C is externally threaded at c to enga-ge section B and is internally threaded at 01 to engage section D. An extension c2 of section C is provided with an .annular cutaway portion which forms an inclined valve seat c for the poppet A.`

The poppet A comprises a top plate a, provided with a screw threaded depending porso tightly as to prevent allowed to stand for ar tion a1, which engages correspondin screw threads in a socket a2 formed in the' ottom plate'aa. An annular asket a4, preferably of iber or other suitab e material of a kind that will swell when saturated, is rigidly hel'd between the top and bottom plates a and a3 and is closely p acked against a de pending flange a formed on the under side of the top. late a. The rims of the top plate La, gas et o14 and bottom plate as are all machined at tan angle that-will be-parallelto the valve seat c3 when the poppet is in place, and the gasket is of such size as to protrude beyond the contiguous conical face of the top and bottom i plates. The gasket is kept saturated with the ,liquid being pumped, fromthe inside ofthe poppet by being in communication with chamber a formed on the underside of the top plate a, which chamber a is kept filled with liquid fed through the ports a7 in the top plate a.

Stops b are formed on the inner side of'and Integral with casing section B so as to llmlt the upward movement of poppet A..

Helical vanes as are formed on the under side of the bottom plate so as to cause the poppet A to shift at each time of rising to ensure a new-contact on each reseating.

A second poppet E shown in the drawing in perspective is constructed in the same manner as before described for poppet. A, and -is limited in its upward movement by stops c formed on the inner side of and integral with the casing section C. l

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States Y l. In a foot valve of the poppet type, a conical poppet having in combination a top plate. and a 'bottom plate, with substantially parallel contiguous faces near their peripheries, a common conical face formed by said top and bottom plates, means for rigidly se p, curing said top plate to said bottom plate, a substantially flat gasket secured between said 100 top and lbottom plates at their peripheral edges, said gasket extending beyond the line of the common conical face formed by the said top and bottom plates, a chamber `'ada ted to contain liquid between'said top and ttom 105 plates and opening on to the inner edge of said gasket and'ports through said top plate to allow the entry of liquid into said chamber.

2. Ina valve having a conical seat, a poppet valve having in combination an upper mem- 110 ber, a lower member, a common conical face formed by said upper and lower members when assembled for use, a flat ring gasket of material adapted to swell when saturated, said gasket compressed between said upper and lower members at their peripheral edges, said ring periphery extending slightly beyond the contiguous metal portions of said Valve, a chamber adapted to contain liquid between said upper and lower members and opening onto the inner edge of said gasket, a port through one of said members to allow the ent-ry of .liquid into said chamber, and means for rigidly securing together said upper and lower members with the gasket compressed between them.

3. In a valve having a conical seat, a poppet valve having in combination; an upper member, a lower member, a common conical face `formed by said upper and lower members when assembled for use, an annular gasket made of material adapted to swell when Wet, said gasket compressed between the peripheral edges of said upper and lower members, means for admitting the liquid above said valve through the upper plate to said gasket, said gasket extending outwardly slightly beyond the contiguousportions of said valve, and means for securing together said upper and lower members with the gasket com pressed between them.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM F. BRANDT. 

